Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Buttermilk Curry

Common cold is not an illness but you still feel like resting in bed all day and not doing anything. From the past three days, I am suffering from the common cold and fever :( I've been using various home remedies but still it takes a couple days to overcome it.Eucalyptus oil is the best to unplug your nose and relieve you from a cold. Having turmeric in warm milk to control and eliminate cough is also a good way. Let's see how long this lasts... I am very tired of it. My mom always makes buttermilk curry when we are having cold and cough. Having a full bowl of hot buttermilk curry can help you feel better when you have a cold. All kinds of soups and curries can cure flu and cold because it has many spices which are very helpful to kill bacteria and other germs.

Ingredients (serves 5-6):

2 cups yogurt 2%

5 cups water

1 tablespoon ginger paste

1/2 tablespoon garlic paste

2-3 green chilli

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

2 tablespoon gram( chickpea) flour

3 tablespoon jaggery (Gur)

(you can use palm sugar too if jaggery is not available)

Tempering:

2 tablespoon oil

1/4 teaspoon mustard seeds

1/4 teaspoon cumin seeds

pinch of fenugreek seeds

2-3 star anise

1 stick cinnamon stick 2" long

3-4 cloves

2-3 bay leaves

5-6 curry leaves

2 red dry chili

pinch of asafoetida (Hing)

Directions:

In big pot whisk yogurt and make it smooth. Add water and whisk it again to make buttermilk

Or you can use buttermilk and add water accordingly (2 1/2 cup buttermilk and 4 cups water)